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The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF have received a total of US$1.75 million from humanitarian funds managed by OCHA and the UN Development Programme to help prevent and contain an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The deadly disease, which killed some 250...

Three-year-old Djamilatu was rushed to a nearby health centre after suffering from diarrhoea and abdominal pain, common symptoms of cholera. “She was in a bad state,” said her mother, Aichatou Abdou. “She thought she would die. She’s still scared.”
This year alone,...

In July, the international community pledged to support Afghanistan over the next four years with US$16 billion in development assistance. In the last decade, since the 9/11 attacks, billions more dollars have been spent to help build the political, security and development capacities of the country....

A first-of-its-kind report presenting a snapshot of the humanitarian system shows that aid organizations are responding to more people affected by natural disasters and emergencies than ever before.
The State of the Humanitarian System gives a snapshot of performance to help formulate a strategy...

United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners today increased their appeal for Syria—from US$180 million to $347 million—to scale up their response to a deepening crisis affecting an estimated 2.5 million people.
“The number one priority for the people inside Syria at the...